RIGHTLY GUIDED CALIPHS
RIGHTLY GUIDED CALIPHS. Sunni Muslims see the first four successors of the Prophet as caliphs who were “rightly guided” or “following the right path,” and refer to them by the appellation al-khulafd’ al-rashidun. (Shi’is in general reject the legitimacy of the first three successors.) The usage was adopted from the dominant Sunni tradition by modern
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